A good read. I, obviously, disagree with the author. I've long held that NATO should be dissolved for the simple reason that it's counterpart (the Warsaw Pact) no longer exists. NATO today has only one adversary: Russia. It really has no purpose other than feeding the MIC in the West. Moreover, ...

Last week’s NATO summit in Warsaw was yet another useful step in solidifying the alliance’s determination to stand firm against Russian aggression. There is simply no justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in egregious violation of international law.

And who will "stand firm" against the West's aggression? Who will ever hold us to account for Iraq? Syria? Egypt? Libya? For now, it's good to be a Roman, I guess. Keep your fingers crossed we don't end up like them in the end.

Looks like His Excellency The Orangutan agrees with me on NATO. I don't know whether I should be comforted by that or horrified.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/politics/donald-trump-times-bild-interview-takeaways/index.html

And a very old, long forgotten argument you and I were having. On this particular occasion, one formerly regular poster here whom the gods will not allow me to mention by name posted arguments supporting my position. Your response to me about that was along the lines of, "Do you see who is no your side? How can you still think you are correct?"

The orange one's comments on NATO reminded me of that exchange.